Slavery in contemporary Africa refers to a range of coercive labour practices that persist despite formal legal prohibition across African states. These practices include forced labour, human traffick
Child labour in artisanal mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Archaeological remains of a pre-colonial iron smelting furnace, illustrating indigenous metallurgical knowledge and technological capacity.
Historical illustration depicting slavery and slave trade practices in Africa.
Sexual slavery or sexual exploitation is an attachment of any ownership right over one or more people with the intent of coercing or otherwise forcing them to engage in sexual activities. This include
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The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Nicolas Poussin, Rome, 1637–38 (Louvre Museum)
The Mongol invasion of Hungary. The Mongols, with captured women, are on the left, the Hungarians, with one saved woman, on the right.
Statue entitled The White Slave by Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, a controversial sculpture meant to depict modern western sexual enslavement
Rangoon, Burma. 8 August 1945. A young ethnic Chinese woman from one of the Imperial Japanese Army's "comfort battalions" is interviewed by an RAF officer.